Carl Maria von Weber

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1786-12-18 (40 years old)

Deathday

1826-06-05

Place of Birth

Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Carl Maria von Weber

Biography

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, and was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. Weber's operas Der Freischütz, Euryanthe, and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany. Der Freischütz came to be regarded as the first German "nationalist" opera, Euryanthe developed the Leitmotif technique to an unprecedented degree, while Oberon may have influenced Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and, at the same time, revealed Weber's lifelong interest in the music of non-Western cultures. This interest was first man...

Acting

2010

Hunter's Bride

as Self - Composer

Production

1999

Der Freischütz

as Original Music Composer

1981

Der Freischütz

as Original Music Composer

2022

Hero of Our Time

as Original Music Composer

1968

Weber: Der Freischütz

as Original Music Composer

1999

Der Freischütz

as Original Music Composer

2015

2010

Hunter's Bride

as Original Music Composer

2017

Oberon

as Writer

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